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AMD Ryzen 9 Vermeer 5950X BOX (100-100000059WOF)

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SeriesRyzen 9
Code nameVermeer (Zen 3)
SocketAMD AM4
Lithography7 nm
In boxBOX (no cooler)
Cores and Threads
Cores16 cores
Threads32 threads
Multithreading
Speed
Clock speed3.4 GHz
TurboBoost / TurboCore4.9 GHz
Cache
L2 cache8192 KB
L3 cache64 MB
Specs
TDP105 W
Free multiplier
PCIe support4.0
Passmark CPU Mark test46512 points
Geekbench 4 test66159 points
Cinebench R15 test4569 points
Memory
Max. DDR4 speed3200 MHz
Added to E-CatalogOctober 2020
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100-100000059WOF

Support for 500 series motherboards. B450/X470 chipsets depending on board manufacturer's firmware.

The flagship processor AMD Ryzen from the Vermeer family, which represents an impressive combination of computing power and advanced technologies. It is part of the top-tier ninth subseries of Ryzen chips, belonging to the high-end price segment, and is targeted at gamers, enthusiasts, and workstation owners for processing multimedia content, audio, video, and graphic rendering, engineering calculations, compilation, etc.

Designed for installation in motherboards equipped with the AMD AM4 processor socket and AMD 500 series chipsets (compatibility with B450/X470 chipset boards depends on the manufacturer). From a technical standpoint, the Ryzen 9 5950X is an ultra-powerful 16-core 7-nanometer processor based on the advanced Zen 3 microarchitecture. Thanks to its support for multithreaded data processing, it can efficiently perform multiple tasks simultaneously, which is especially valuable for professional users and gamers working with resource-intensive applications and multitasking.

Its base clock frequency is 3.4 GHz, and with Turbo Boost, it can accelerate up to 4.9 GHz. The 64 MB L3 cache reduces latency and provides quick access to critical data. Integration of the PCIe 4.0 bus in the Ryzen 9 5950X ensures maximum bandwidth for data exchange between the processor, graphics card, RAM, SSD, and other PC components. The innovative AMD Smart Access Memory (SAM) technology allows the Ryzen 9 to interact more effectively with AMD Radeon graphics processors, providing a smoother gaming experience. The processor is designed to work with DDR4 RAM at a maximum clock speed of 3200 MHz. The manufacturer's stated power consumption is 105 watts.

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Model overview based on user reviews  
The AMD Ryzen 9 Vermeer series, including models like the 5900X and 5950X, is praised for its powerful performance and multithreading capabilities. Users appreciate its price-to-quality ratio, although some note that it can experience a bottleneck in certain modern games at high CPU usage. The 5950X, in particular, is highlighted for its ability to run at 5GHz on all cores with adequate cooling. However, some users have experienced issues with factory overclocking, requiring BIOS adjustments to achieve stable performance. Overall, the series is considered competitive and reliable, with the need for careful handling during maintenance to avoid damaging the pins.
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wonderful model, really honored
17 October 2022 
i don't know how lucky others are, but my 5950x runs at 5GHz on all cores and passes all tests at 5. Under a 420mm liquid cooler on an ROG Strix Hero 8 motherboard.
bulldozer for processing
price
VaLeRoN LeOnOvuse AMD 5950X BOX more than year
the 5900X, at the top, is 3 times faster than the 2700x.
12 December 2025 
Great processor. Just what you need for X470, considering price/performance. The cooler is Noctua U14S. Tests are on the screenshot.
Price, speed
price
Don Markouse AMD 5900X BOX few months
good model, like it
15 December 2024 
I bought it for 15 thousand in the winter of 2021. Even now, the processor is competitive. Yes, it consumed 170 Watts at peak moments for me, averaging 110 in very demanding games. But paired with a good graphics card, which I don't have, it can perform well.
For its die size and at its time, it is very powerful
There are no miracles, and a bottleneck can occur at 26-30 CPU usage in SOME modern games. Is it that it is not fast enough for them, or have the requirements become so colossal?
Max Rockatanskyuse AMD 5900X BOX more than year
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Video reviews

king of the hill

The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X is a fairly expensive flagship model that would have been in a server room a couple of years ago. But no, for sane money we can buy a "stone" with 16 physical and 16 virtual cores, clocked at 3.4 GHz, and in Boost mode it increases to 4.9 GHz. Cache memory 64 MB.

Confident turbo boost

Given the official price tag of 799 euros, these figures are more impressive than the photos of the young Schwarzenegger from the Mr. Olympia tournament. But even more impressive in action. It has been written and said a thousand times that the old ryzens suffered from the inability to keep a stable frequency in a turbo boost across all cores. But with the release of the Vermeer generation, the ice has broken and the new Ryzen 9 5950X often goes beyond the maximum frequency indicated in the specification, reaching 4925 GHz without any overclocking. This is especially interesting against the background of the younger Ryzen 5 5600X, which, judging by the first tests, does not like overclocking at all.

Performance unbeatable

In fact, the flagship Vermeer proved to be royal: 16 cores and 32 threads is the maximum among high-end custom platforms. Only Threadripper processors provide more cores and more performance, but with them you have to invest more in the motherboard and memory. Intel is way behind. For example, earlier in the PCMark 10 test, which comprehensively assesses the overall performance of the processor in typical everyday tasks, Ryzen lagged behind Intel, and the 10-core Core i9-10900K with 9937 points in this test slightly outperformed the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X. Now this rating is confidently headed by Ryzen 9 5950X with 10613 points.

The processor that drags in any tasks

Thanks to the use of the new architecture, AMD really got rid of old sores and its new brainchild sets the same records in any other tests for rendering, compiling, archiving and data processing. In games, he also competes for the title of himself with the i9-10900K. Although we would not buy such processors purely for games, the influence of the CPU on FPS is now small and it is better to invest this money in a graphics card. Oh yes, the icing on the cake was the fact that the power consumption of the Ryzen 9 5950X turned out to be at the level of the "younger" models of the Vermeer family.